Intro D7 

Theme 

G                   D 
Trust your feet in Price and Son 
     Em                G7 
Our work is tried and true 
C            C#dim7 
Practical, Pragmatical 
     Dsus            D7 
Steadfast and Sturdy Too 
G                 D               Em               G7/F 
If you stroll or saunter, amble, walk, jog, hop or run 
     C               D7 
The prudent shoe for you to choose is 
C/G    C   G 
Price and Son 

Mr. Price 

                                          C 
You might think beauty comes in spring and sparrow 
             G                         C 
Or when the sun rise, hit’s the morning dew 
            F                     C 
But if you walk the straight and narrow 
N.C. 
You’ll find the elegance and comfort is a— 
N.C. 
Do you know what the most beautiful thing in the world is Charlie? 

Young Charlie 

          C6 
A shoe. 

Mr. Price 

          G                        C 
The most beautiful thing in the world. 
          G                        C 
The most beautiful thing in the world, Charlie, 
     Em 
That I know. 
F 
 Sing it Charlie! 

Both 

          G                        C 
The most beautiful thing in the world! 
          G                        C 
The most beautiful thing in the world! 

Mr. Price 

               Eb        F 
Charlie, it’s beautiful 
          G                            C 
Four generations have paved the way before you 
           G                          C 
You’ll be next in line when my time is through 
               F                                C 
And there’s a saying handed down I’ve found of value 
N.C. 
That you can tell about the fella from his- 

Young Charlie 

       C6 
Shoe! 


[Refrão]

          G                        C 
The most beautiful thing in the world 
          G                        C 
The most beautiful thing in the world, Charlie,  
     Em 
That I know! 
F 
I know! 
          G                        C 
The most beautiful thing in the world 
          G                        C 
The most beautiful thing in the world, Charlie 
      Eb 
It’s beautiful! 
      F 
It’s beautiful! 

Young Charlie 

Eb                      F 
  But what if I don’t want to make shoes? 

Mr Price 

N.C. 
You’re a right funny kid, you are. 


Instrumental  

C6    G   C(9) 
Ebmaj7  F 
G  C   G  C(9) 
G C D   G C D 

G   G/B   C   G/D 
Ooh... 
Eb  F 
Ahh... 

Chorus 

          G                        C 
The most beautiful thing in the world! 
          G                        C 
The most beautiful thing in the world, Charlie, 
     Em 
That I know! 
F 
I know! 
          G                        C 
The most beautiful thing in the world! 
          G                        C 
The most beautiful thing in the world, Charlie, 
      Eb 
It’s beautiful! 
      F 
It’s beautiful! 

Young Lola 

F                 G                   G/C 
  Feels like I’m dancing across the high wire 
            G                G/C 
Or bravely soaring off into the blue 
            F(9)                          C 
Just like a rocket lifts with sparks and fire 
N.C. 
Feels like the magic never ends inside these- 

Lola's Father 

N.C. 
Take those things off your feet and get inside here! Stupid boy! 

G    Eb2    F2 

Nicola 

A6 

E                          A 
Charlie, here are the shoes I told you about.  
C                      D    C    D 
Come have a look-see. 
E                                         A(9) 
Aren’t they the most necessary things ever?  
A(9) 
If you want to slip a ring on my finger, 
        C#m  
You’ll first slip these shoes on my feet. 

Charlie 

                   A(9) 
It’s a tad posh for life in North Hampton, wouldn’t you say? 

Nicola 

                      D(9) 
Then good thing we’re moving to London. 
                                A(9) 
And won’t they make a fittin farewell to the stink of cattle farms and tanin leather?  
E 
  Oh we may have been born in a small factory town,  
     A(9) 
But we sure as hell don’t have to die there. 

Charlie 

                     D(9) 
You see the price? There’s three months rent. 

Nicola 

                   A(9) 
Pinch or pay for em, that is up to you, 
A(9) 
But these shoes are in my future. 

         E 
To new beginnings 
          A 
Hello to sunny days 
              E 
We’re upward mobile now 
            A 
Goodbye to small-town ways 
             D 
Till it’s impossible to find 
            A 
A trace of what we left behind 
N.C. 
And a defining element is in these 
         A6 
Shoes. 

Chorus 

          E                        A 
The most beautiful thing in the world! 
          E                        A 
The most beautiful thing in the world, 

Nicola 

             C#m 
Charlie, that I know! 

Chorus 

D 
I know! 
           E                       A 
The most beautiful thing in the world! 
           E                       A 
The most beautiful thing in the world, Charlie 
      C 
It’s beautiful! 
      D 
It’s beautiful! 

Mr. Price 

Eb                                            Ab 
  Your life, your future, is right here at this factory! 
Ab        
You belong here! 

Charlie 

             Cm7 
No Dad, I belong with Nicola in London. 

Mr. Price 

               Ab 
No, you belong here. 

Charlie 

Ab 
Will you toast my journey? 

Mr. Price 

             A  
But to leave your home and family for a job shopping in London! 


Charlie 

D 
 Marketing, Dad.  
                                      F#m 
Richard Bailey has offered Nicola and me positions marketing real estate. 

Mr. Price 

                G 
You’re breaking my heart, Charlie. 

Charlie 

             D 
To you, Dad. 

Mr. Price 

                           A 
Shoes can protect a man’s journey, 
A 
But only his heart can choose the path.  
D(9) 
And so a toast to our own Charlie.  
G                                      D(9) 
May you never fail to point your shoes back home. 

Chorus                                     Nicola/Charlie 

C                                                  C 
To Charlie!                                  It’s beautiful 
                                                   D 
                                             It’s beautiful 
D                                             C 
To Charlie!                                  Beautiful 
                                                   D 
                                             It’s beautiful 
D 
To Charlie! 

Mr. Price 

E                 E/G#           E/A           C  D 
  These shoes are symbols of our family’s history! 

Nicola 

E                  E/G# 
  These shoes will carry me to where I want to be! 

Young Lola       Mr. Price        Nicola 

                 F 
Feel’s like I’m dancing! 
                                 F/A           F/Bb          Db 
                These shoes are symbols of our family’s history 
                                                                            Eb   F 
                                  These shoes will carry me where I want to be 

Young Lola 

                             Db            Eb 
Don’t you go anywhere, cuz' you belong to me! 

Charlie 

F 
    You all do realize you’re talking about shoes? 

Chorus 

          F 
The most beautiful thing in the world 
N.C. 
The most beautiful thing in the world, Charlie, its 
Db 
Beautiful (Beautiful) 
Eb 
Beautiful (Beautiful) 

F#                        B 
Beautiful thing in the world! 
          F#              B 
The most beautiful thing in the world, Charlie, 
    D#m 
That I know! 
E 
I know! 

          F#                       B 
The most beautiful thing in the world! 
          F#                       B 
The most beautiful thing in the world, Charlie 
      D 
It’s beautiful 
      D 
It’s beautiful 
      E/D 
It’s beautiful 
    D/E    E         F# 
Its beau...ti...ful.